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The Most Influential Women in History

In history
women have always had an important role as far as political influence is
concerned, such as running a country or a political party, as well as other
important aspects of social and political environments are concerned. Although
women have had to fight repression for centuries, there have been many women
who have marked history with their influence.

If we have
to start far back in history, we can go as far as to say that the first very
influential woman was the mother or Jesus Christ, who is worshipped all over
the world by many Christians, and has an extremely powerful influences over all
nations. People worship her, either as mother of Jesus, as a Virgin Mary or as the
mother of church. However, she is considered, there are millions of people, who
still today are influenced by her person.

Another
extremely powerful woman was Cleopatra; she was actually the last Pharaoh of
Egypt and ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty. Cleopatra was not only intelligent,
she was also extremely shrewd, diplomatic and attractive; all these assets put together
can only bring on a winning combination. She was also extremely faithful to her
people, as she sacrificed herself by marring Julius Caesar for the sake of
saving her people, protecting them for two centuries to come.

The Queen
Victoria was another very powerful and influential woman. The Queen of Britain
ruled the country for what was the longest period in time and in British
history. She formed the entire modern constituency during her reign, and took over India and Burma while
she was in rule, creating an enormous network of commerce and railway lines and
connections.

Mother Theresa is one of the greatest women who
has ever lived. She dedicated her entire life helping others and rendering
service to those in need. She was born in Yugoslavia and she gave her services
to the poor and famished in India by establishing shelters, orphanages and
hospitals. Not only did she help people physically, she also helped them in
spirit and lived as one of them, as a sister of the people.

Indira Gandhi, late Prime Minister of India, was
the daughter of renowned freedom fighter and politician, Pandit Jawaharlal
Nehru. She was the first female prime minister of free India and she held the
position for 15 consecutive years. She contributed in changing a lot in India
and brought a breath of change and new views in India.

All the above women, contributed greatly to the
changes in the world and have gone down in history, not only for their power
and influence, but for their kind heartedness and warmth of spirit, something
women are renowned for.